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Bremer, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50677. The Survey maps it on the Bremer quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Bremer within Bremer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bremer between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 April 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesTRIPOLI FIRE DEPT.
25 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources1969 HWY 63, IA
3 November 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bremer County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bremer: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Drappe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bremer County

Storms near this place

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bremer in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBremer$350,000Three houses damaged and 2 barns down. One house was shifted on its foundation. Storm survey conclusion was these were straight line winds of about 95 MPH.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBremer$10,000Emergency Manager reported roof of cattle barn peeled off.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBremer$10,000Emergency Manager reported several instances of tree limbs down and crop damage near Denver at 175th and Highway 63, 180th and Joplin, and 1N and 2S in Bremer County.
September 2016Flash FloodBremer$10,000Law enforcement reported a bridge along C38, or 212th St, has water flowing over it due to Baskins Run flooding.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBremer$5,000Several 10 to 12 inch diameter pine tree limbs were blown down.
June 2013HailBremer$5,000no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBremer$2,000Emergency manager reported storage shed damaged. This is a delayed report.
July 2017Flash FloodBremer-Law enforcement reported water over portions of Highway 63 west of Tripoli. Depth was unknown, but noted water covering several locations of the highway.
April 2025HailBremer-no account filed
June 2013HailBremer-no account filed
June 2013HailBremer-no account filed
June 2013HailBremer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bremer County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Artesian4.4 miles10
Seigel5.0 miles9
Roxie5.3 miles9
Waverly5.4 miles11
Horton6.7 miles9
Tripoli7.6 miles9
Denver7.7 miles10
Old Tripoli7.8 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BremerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108030638The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454816. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.